Senior Year Scheduling

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Senior Year Scheduling
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Graduation Requirements

• Pass all required courses
• Pass competency assessment exercises
• Pass all components of competency assessment
  weeks (MS1 and MS2)
• Pass OSCE end of third year (MS3)
• Pass USMLE Step 1 (MS2)
• Take USMLE Step 2CK and 2CS (MS4)
• Course requirements years 3 and 4
• Core Clerkships 42 weeks
• Required Clerkships 26 weeks
• Elective Courses 14 weeks

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Requirements for Graduation

• 82 Credits
• Core Rotations 42 weeks Required Rotations
  26 weeks
• Medicine 8 weeks Anesthesia 2 weeks
• Surgery 8 weeks Emergency Medicine 4 weeks
• CFC 8 weeks Geriatrics 4 weeks
• Neurology 4 weeks
• Pediatrics 6 weeks Radiology 1 4 weeks
• Psychiatry 6 weeks Sub-Internship A 4 weeks
• OB/Gyn 6 weeks Sub-Internship B 4 weeks
• Open Electives 14 weeks
• Core Rotations Completed by June 2009
• Required Rotations Completed by graduation
• No more than 12 weeks in a single discipline or
  12 weeks away (Externship)

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Electives 14 WeeksCompleted by Graduation

• Senior Elective Manual prerequisites
• Externships lt 12 wks
• Research lt 8 wks
• Single specialty lt 12 wks
• Including required courses

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Research Credits/Distinction

• Prior approval required
• Written application required (obtained through
  Office of Medical Curriculum)
• Written report and documentation required by
  February of senior year
• Reviewed by Research Committee
• Number of credits awarded by committee and not
  guaranteed
• Always schedule back-up course for credit
• Guidelines posted on Important Admin Documents
  for Students and in Senior Elective Manual

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Externships

• All core clerkships must be completed
• Clear and required process through Office of
  Student Affairs
• Student finds schedules and externships
• Requires health insurance, immunizations, OSHA
  HIPAA
• Paperwork submitted and approval granted PRIOR to
  starting externship

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VSAS

• Visiting Student Application System
• Used to apply for externships at selected schools

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Time Management

• 95 weeks to complete 82 weeks
• 13 weeks of unscheduled time
• 4 weeks of vacation (winter break x 2)
• Need to leave time in late Fall and Winter of
  fourth year for interviews

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Scheduling Considerations

• When in year?
• Specific attendings letters, mentors
• Early match (Military, Ophtho, GU)
• Rehearsal before externship
• Limited availability of some courses, here and
  externships
• Taking USMLE Step 2 CK and CS exams
• Professional or personal obligations

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Choosing Senior Schedules

• March 23 April 3, 2009
• Establish personal preferences special
  considerations
• Review Senior Elective Manual and senior block
  schedule dates (soon to be online)
• List desired schedule with priorities
  alternatives
• 20 minute Senior schedule appointment time
  assigned according to lottery number
• Be on time for your scheduling appointment!
• OOT? Scheduling may be done by proxy/phone

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Add Drop Policies

• 2 wk Window period, then 1 wk Frozen period,
  then open until January 2010
• Each course has an add/drop deadline (2 weeks)
• Written permission from coordinators required
  after deadline
• Use ESS on-line system to check availability
• Submit written request to Cathy Guzman
• Must have all core required clerkships
  scheduled at all times

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Academic Calendar 2009.10

• Sat-Sun, June 6-7, 2009.............. OS
  CE (Mandatory)
• Mon. June 22, 2009... Orientation
• Mon. June 22, 2009... Registration
• Tue. June 23, 2009.... Rotations
  begin
• Wed. Nov 25 _at_ 5pm Sun. Nov 29,
  2009 Thanksgiving Holiday
• Fri. December 18, 2009.... Classes
  End Winter Break
• Mon. January 4, 2010 Classes
  Resume
• Thurs. March 18, 2010(tentative)....
  Match DAY
• Sat. May 15, 2010(very tentative)...
  Commencement

THERE ARE NO GUARANTEED HOLIDAYS OTHER THAN THOSE
MENTIONED ABOVECHECK WITH TEAM, ATTENDING, AND
CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR